Example sentences of "[adj] root [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no conscious awareness of the Latin root of the name Hilary until Antonia Byatt pointed it out to me . |
| 2 | These groups had deep historical roots in the opening months of the First World War , which had seen the renewal of the sources of criticism of the radical right against the Liberal government . |
| 3 | The actuarial profession has its historical roots in the insurance industry and insurance companies still employ nearly 60% of the Institute 's Fellows . |
| 4 | They quickly learned how to use their snouts to lever edible roots from the ground , overturn grass tussocks for worms and locate resin ( pigs have a sweet tooth ) . |
| 5 | One of the richest and most ancient human civilisations lies today at the cultural roots of the world 's most economically vibrant region . |
| 6 | For modern secular Western man , severed from his cultural roots by the processes of industrialisation and secularisation , Marxism makes a real appeal . |
| 7 | While violence on the field of play may generate tension and even trigger violence , one must probe a little deeper to discover the underlying social roots of the problem . |
| 8 | The outer concourse in glass and iron had its architectural roots in the exhibition halls of the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | Before the introduction of the potato the versatile root of the silverweed was commonly boiled in water , roasted on the fire , or dried and ground into meal for bread-making or porridge . |
| 10 | Introducing the soul boy concept of pure roots into the arena of disco kitsch is perverse , although understandable , given the enduring belief in dance music 's spiritual , cathartic purpose . |
| 11 | Briefly , empowerment education involves people in group efforts to identify their own problems , critically to analyze the cultural and socioeconomic roots of the problems , and to develop strategies to effect positive changes in their lives and in their communities . |
| 12 | They have paid attention to the academic , moral and philosophical roots of the movement . |
| 13 | It is thought that for a house in the high-rate stratum the assets are about four times as great as for one in the low-rate stratum , and that the stratum standard deviation is proportional to the square root of the stratum mean . |
| 14 | In particular , it has been shown that the proper time between the collision and the subsequent singularity is inversely proportional to the square root of the amplitudes of the impulsive components of the approaching waves . |
| 15 | I could have called it k instead , but for reasons that become apparent in a moment we will be interested in the size of the square root of the number , so I have used |
| 16 | This shows that the distance between the chain ends , for this model is proportional to the square root of the number of bonds and so , is considerably shorter than a fully extended chain . |
| 17 | Price volatility for each week was measured as the square root of the average of daily squared price changes . |
| 18 | Carrot oil , a rich , orange liquid made from the dried root of the plant , is used on dry and scaly skins to make them more supple . |
| 19 | We have , we have a problem , of course , erm , in finding the exact root of the problem , we could possibly |
| 20 | Kava is made of the ground-up roots of the kava bush . |
| 21 | Soft cuttings may root after only a few weeks , so pot individual cuttings as soon as you see new young leaves or white roots at the base of containers . |
| 22 | During 1935 , as a result of intelligence information , they came to the conclusion that Mosley received most of his finance from Mussolini and that the national roots of the movement were weak and kept alive by artificial means . |
| 23 | Some may even be clinging to the arching aerial roots of the mangroves or clambering up the trunks . |
| 24 | Fears of communism had deep roots in the past ( p.6 ) and they had increased as the Cold War developed after 1945 . |
| 25 | It was a policy with deep roots in the history of the monastic community at Canterbury , and to understand it we must first examine the development of this community , and then the ideal which it considered its chief adornment and obligation . |
| 26 | It is merely to affirm that in the end if education is to grow deep roots in the working-class , they will be nourished more by what people learn than how they learn ’ . |
| 27 | Jiang Zemin was supportive of the reform line , but was regarded as a political lightweight lacking deep roots in the party . |
| 28 | It was in many ways a mood rather than a movement , a transient phenomenon with shallow roots in the constituencies , and particularly weak in local government . |
| 29 | For the first time she found herself wondering whether he had resented not only Hugo but all the family , and whether that subsequent betrayal could have had long roots in the soil of an old envy . |
| 30 | Given that the Greek root of the word is gorgo ( devil ) , the Demogorgon was probably a manifestation of Satan . |